Sidonia

Where Sidonia comes from

From Sidon + -ia (“of”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Sidonia
  • 4 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1711
    Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann born
    German poet
  2. 1887
    First appearance
    #1,147 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1899
    Peak, #983
    11 babies named Sidonia — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1900
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,932.
  5. 1975
    Sidonia Jędrzejewska born
    Polish politician
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Sidonia Hedwig Zäunemann · German poet, 1711–1740
  • Sidonia Jędrzejewska · Polish politician, born 1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.